After US targets militia sites on the Syrian side of the Iraqi-Syrian frontier

Rest of New Zealand will be put into Level 2 restrictions that limit public gatherings, among others

Decision follows a report of 2,651 new virus infections, highest daily increase in more than four months

The clashes come just a week before Pope Francis visits Iraq from March 5 to 8

'The United States Congress stands with President Biden in promoting transparency relating to human rights abuses'

It was unclear what arrangements were being made for the funeral rites of the people who died

In the modern world famine is about people having no income and other people blocking efforts to help them

Genetic analyses showed the patient and surgeon had both acquired virus from the donor's lungs

The strikes, appeared to be limited in scope, potentially lowering the risk of escalation

Research laboratory in Wuhan at the centre of conspiracy theories that leak caused the first coronavirus outbreak